Workforce Camps

Arctic Research Station

WASTE CHALLENGE: Canada’s Polar Shelf isn’t just an extreme-cold environment – it’s a particularly sensitive environment due to the local wildlife and the delicate balance the local organisms have been able to achieve.

With increased military, scientific and tourism traffic, waste management solutions that have minimal environmental impact are increasingly important. Landfills are not an option, both because of the extreme cold and because of the risks of leachate polluting the water, methane gas polluting the air, and additional hazards for the local ecosystem.

LOCATION:  The Polar Continental Shelf Program Resolute (PCSP) Facility. The PCSP’s logistics hub is located in Resolute on southern Cornwallis Island, Nunavut.

The Polar Continental Shelf Program’s mission is to provide safe, efficient and cost-effective logistics in support of scientific and government priorities. It provides logistics throughout the Canadian Arctic for field research conducted by Canadian government, university, independent and international research organizations. It also provides specific field logistics support for the Canadian Armed Forces Arctic Training Centre hosted at the PCSP facility in Resolute.

ECO SOLUTION: We provided our ECO M2TN, a fully-automated, permanently-containerized dual chamber incinerator system with a processing capacity minimum of 2000kg/10 cubic meters of waste per day. A waste hopper (storage unit) was added, for temporary storage of up to 4000kg of waste for up to 48 hours in a fully protected environment. A Continuous Emission Monitoring System was also provided, to meet Nunavut’s stack opacity standards.

SPECIAL FEATURES: The customized Waste Oil Burner (WOB) not only provides PSCP with an environmentally-responsible way to dispose of waste fuels and waste oils, it also decreases the amount of diesel fuel required for daily operation of the system, which means reduced costs.

The permanently-containerized system is designed to be transported and operated in harsh environments. Protective measures have been applied for extremes of rain, wind, temperature and shock/vibration.

RESULTS: Our solution can process solid waste for up to 500 people, which means it easily accommodates the Resolute Bay community and PSCP Facility staff. Our robust construction and training means it can be maintained by existing personnel on a day-to-day basis.

Caribbean Copper & Gold Mine

WASTE CHALLENGE: A mine under construction in a lush tropical forest has operations that are spread over a large distance from the port to the mine. Incoming supplies, and hundreds of construction workers living and working on-site, generate significant amounts of waste.

ECO SOLUTION:  One Eco Waste Oxidizer was supplied to manage the waste. The system is located in a central location to minimize on-site handling and transport.

SPECIAL FEATURE: EASE OF USE:  The machine can be loaded using any equipment with fork attachments.  This direct loading is facilitated by the top-loading feature which lifts the entire roof off the primary waste chamber to provide full access to the large opening.

SUSTAINABLE BENEFIT: REDUCED RISK OF ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT:  This equipment provides an environmentally responsible waste disposal solution.  Having it at the location where the waste is generated, reduces the risk of spills and other hazards inherent in the transportation of the waste over long distances on steep and rugged roads.

West Africa Gold Mine

WASTE CHALLENGE: A mine located in a remote desert is challenged by high ambient temperatures and blowing sand.  Waste management options are limited.  A properly engineered landfill in a desert requires a significant capital and long-term operating investment. In addition to the domestic solid waste (which includes large amounts of food waste and packaging materials), the mine also generates hydrocarbon and solvent contaminated waste from the maintenance shop, as well as dewatered sewage treatment sludge.

In this extreme climate, the most sustainable approach avoids reliance on landfilling untreated waste.  The Eco Waste Oxidizer allows the mine to process solid non-hazardous camp waste, maintenance shop waste and wastewater treatment sludge comingled together in one system.   This approach reduces the volume of waste for disposal by over 90%.

SPECIAL FEATURES: MODULAR APPROACH: Multiple units provide the flexibility to scale processing needs up or down to suit waste flows.

SUSTAINABLE BENEFIT: Waste is reduced to a non-toxic, inert residual that will not require management post-closure.